TASTYBABY ENDORSES THE PREVENTION OF FARM ANIMAL CRUELTY ACT

The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act provides the most basic protection to farm animals: merely allowing them to turn around and extend their limbs. It's hard to imagine a more moderate initiative. The purpose of the measure is to prevent three of the most cruel and

inhumane forms of extreme confinement in the world of animal agribusiness: veal crates, battery cages, and gestation crates. All three of these practices have already been legislated against in the European Union. And bans on gestation crates have been passed in Florida, Arizona, and Oregon.

Recently, the Humane Society reached out to Tastybaby regarding the ballot initiative for the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act.  They asked if they could add our name to the growing list of businesses, farmers, veterinarians, celebrities, and organizations endorsing the act (you can see the impressive endorsement list here).  And of course we happily agreed! 

**UPDATE**

As of April 7, 2008, the Colorado house passed a bill that will ban veal and gestation crates—this just needs the governor’s signature, and it’s good to go! Industry representatives supported this legislation, preferring it to having us run a ballot initiative in Colorado like the one in California.

If you remember, back in February, there was an investigation by The Humane Society of the United States at a cattle slaughterhouse has documented that animals too sick or injured to stand or walk—called "downers" by industry—have been kicked, beaten, dragged with chains,

shocked with electric prods, sprayed in the face with hoses and pushed by forklifts in efforts to get them to their feet to pass USDA inspection. This unacceptable cruelty potentially puts the food supply at risk—at least 12 of the 15 identified cases of mad cow disease in North America to date have reportedly been downers.

In spite of claims that downers were being eliminated from the food supply, downed animals may be falling through the cracks as a result of poor oversight, anemic enforcement, and a loophole created by inconsistent agency regulations. The result is a losing proposition for animals who are beaten, kicked and dragged to their death and consumers who unknowingly consume the meat from sick and injured animals.

WARNING: This video contains very graphic images.